Arts & Culture
In Focus: Storm the Bastille
As the sun set on July 14, the streets of downtown Milwaukee were abuzz with the sound of feet...
Milwaukee Public Museum unveils design plans for new building, as it begins major fundraising push Â
On Monday morning, MPM unveiled renderings for its planned $240 million new museum building and campus slated to be built on a 2.4-acre site northeast of Sixth Street and McKinley Avenue in the Haymarket neighborhood near downtown Milwaukee.
Sculpture Milwaukee piece finds permanent home on Northwestern Mutual’s downtown Milwaukee campus
If you've passed Northwestern Mutual's downtown Milwaukee headquarters in the past three years, you may have spotted a 37-foot-tall stainless steel tree standing out among the gardens in front of the office tower. The artwork has been on display since 2019 as part of Sculpture Milwaukee's annual streetside exhibition, and now, it's there to stay.
Milwaukee’s Black Theater Festival returning for third year
Black Arts MKE will host the third annual Milwaukee Black Theater Festival in venues across Milwaukee from Aug. 10-14....
John Michael Kohler Arts Center receives $1 million grant to launch Lenore Tawney fellowship
The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan has received a $1 million grant from the New York-based Lenore...
Cedarburg Art Museum names new executive director
Erica Halmstad has been named executive director of the Cedarburg Art Museum.
Halmstad has past experience in both for-profit and...
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Demolition begins at future site of Milwaukee Public Museum
The Milwaukee Public Museum celebrated a key – and messy, and very noisy – step toward a new building on Tuesday morning with the beginning of site preparation where MPM plans to construct its new building.
Marcus Center breaks ground on exterior campus renovations
Work began Tuesday on the new outdoor public space at the Marcus Performing Arts Center in downtown Milwaukee.
Festa Italiana 2022 will be held at ICC grounds
After announcing the cancelation of Festa Italiana 2022 back in April, the Italian Community Center (ICC) Board of Directors has reversed that decision. The event will now be held the weekend of Sept. 24 at the ICC grounds at 631 E. Chicago St. in the Historic Third Ward.
Q&A: FPC Live execs say Deer District had always been ‘ideal site’ for indoor concert venue complex
FPC Live's announcement Monday that it will move forward with its proposed indoor music venue project at the former Bradley Center site in the Deer District instead of near the Summerfest grounds in the Historic Third Ward was the result of several years of conversations with the Milwaukee Bucks, company execs say.
